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Posted on June 1, 2020May 31, 2020

The Lisbon Paradox

A Travel Fiction on Authenticity “In the vast ocean of humanity, there are a few ports where all walks of life can find safe harbo—…

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Posted on May 15, 2020May 9, 2020

Your Life’s Work…In One Sentence or Less

You’re on vacation, but it’s a downpour of rain outside.  Just your luck. What was supposed to be a relaxing morning enjoying the outdoors is…

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Posted on January 1, 2020January 26, 2020

100 Years in 1,000 Words

15 July, 1920 Hello. Is that how you start a diar- a journal? This is dumb. This is the worst birthday gift. I am seven years…

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Posted on December 9, 2019March 23, 2020

The Traveler’s Prayer

If I fell from the sky from a thousand long milesThen would you be right there so to catch me? If I wandered the forests…

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Posted on October 20, 2019January 26, 2020

The Physics of Interstellar Loneliness

Seven billion specks of lightScattered o’er a thousand nightscomplex order, intertwineddance to rules beyond our minds Seven billion sky bound beingsFloat, ephemerous, at seaDaunting, though,…

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Posted on September 27, 2019January 26, 2020

The Invincibility Spell

Coming of age at .2 Mach (Drink pairing: Vodka Redbull) He did it. It took a whole year of saving pennies — moonlighting in restaurants,…

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